Employment Associate/Senior Associate

Clarke Willmott Llp; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible benefits

Learning & development programme

Job summary

Clarke Willmott LLP is seeking an experienced Employment Lawyer to join its Birmingham office. You will handle a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious work, supporting corporate employer clients while also advising some senior executives.

The role offers hybrid working and opportunities for client development within a strong national team. You will manage disputes and advisory matters with potential corporate support work, develop business, and contribute to seminars and articles as part

Qualifications

• 6+ PQE in employment law
• Experience handling wide range of employment matters for Employers
• Experience in tribunals and settlement agreements
• Ability to draft contracts, policies, and handbooks
• Experience with data protection issues in employment context
• Commercially minded with good client care and organisation

Responsibilities

• Support corporate employer clients with contentious and non-contentious matters
• Split time between disputes and advisory work, with some corporate support
• Develop business by networking, seminars, and articles
• Provide practical, commercial advice and high-quality client service
• Comply with information security and firm policies

Skills

Employment law

HR matters

Tribunal experience

Contract drafting

Policies & handbooks

Data protection

Business development

Client care

Job description

About The Role

Our Employment team is seeking an experienced Employment Lawyer to join our Birmingham office.

The national team is headed by Marc Long with support from five other partners. Our Employment & HR team operates from Bristol, Taunton, Manchester, Southampton and Birmingham, providing a full range of services primarily to corporate clients.

Who we are

You’ll joining a national law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, made possible by our exceptional people – each chosen for their industry knowledge and passion for their field. We want to help you to reach your full potential, love the work you do and deliver the best results for your clients. It’s our goal to make you feel great about working with us, and we work hard to cultivate a culture that makes it easy for you to stay with us for many years.

We work flexibly and you’ll be empowered to work where you do your best work, balancing your individual needs with the need for us to engage as teams and deliver excellent client service.

Most of our people choose to work in a hybrid fashion, working from home and attending our offices on occasion. Our offices are in Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton, and Taunton.

Day to day, you’ll be successful in this role by:

You will be involved in a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious work primarily supporting our corporate employer clients, but we do act for some senior executives and claimants. Your time will be split between disputes and general advisory work with some corporate support work from time to time.

The contentious caseload can be complex with high value claims and, as such, you will have the opportunity to gain expertise on technically and strategically challenging matters.

You will have a significant influence on how you want your experience and expertise to develop and you will be strongly encouraged and supported to get involved in business development work, taking an active role in seminars and networking events in addition to drafting guidance and articles.

You will also benefit from the support and resources of the larger national team.

We want to invest in your career and help you to become a recognised expert in your own right, so you will have plenty of opportunity for one-to-one development and encouragement from the wider team. We will ensure that you are involved in a high level of client contact and responsibility.

It is an integral part of this role that you comply with information security and all firm policies and procedures.

About Us

This role is right for you if:

You will be circa 6+ PQE You will have good experience of handling wide ranging employment law, HR matters and Tribunal cases for employers. You will have prepared those cases from their inception through to final hearing. You will be experienced in managing and complying with directions, including detailed discovery exercises and witness statement preparation. You will have ready experience of advising clients on day to day employment issues, including disciplinary proceedings, grievances, redundancies and discrimination issues. You will have good experience of preparing contracts of employment, policies/handbooks and preparing and advising on settlement agreements. Some employment based data protection work.

You will be an excellent team player capable of working with our solicitors in providing commercial solutions to our clients’ issues. You will be interested in business development and growing the practice and supporting the partners to do so.

You will have developed solid drafting, research and advisory skills. Whether acting for Claimants or Respondents you will be able to demonstrate that your advice is practical and commercially minded, with excellent client care and organisational skills. If you have non-contentious/corporate support skills this would also be useful but guidance and support on these matters would be given to you over time.

Our mission is to help you realise your full potential whilst maintaining a positive work-life balance. We provide a comprehensive learning and development programme and a competitive salary.

There’s no doubt we expect the best from our people and even the occasional extra mile. In return, your dedication and commitment to the continued success of the firm will be rewarded with a comprehensive range of flexible benefits.